• fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Pyramids are the easiest structure to build. You stack rocks. Want them to look nice, cut the rocks into bricks.

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      And all you need is lots of money, lots of labor, and some clever engineers, which are all things the ancient Egyptians had in spades.

      It’s really not that hard.

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      Even isolated mountains have frequently that shape. It’s not like some guy came up with this crazy idea and told their engineer-like peers “Hey, hear me out, I have this crazy idea, are you ready? It’s this never seen before structure, I call it the pyramid!”.

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      And the thing is, it took them many tries to get the perfect 3 large pyramids. There are many smaller earlier imperfect ones scattered around Egypt.

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        impossible to measure accurately

        By some idiot hosting a conspiracy theorist website.

        Actual physicists find it quite easy.

        Distance of the Earth to the Moon? Easy as

        Until the late 1950s all measurements of lunar distance were based on optical angular measurements: the earliest accurate measurement was by Hipparchus in the 2nd century BC.

        Done with nothing the Egyptians didn’t have.

        Oh btw once you work out the distance you can easily calculate Earths diameter.

        Since you believe websites that look like the early 90’s shat them out I have some crypto to sell you, it was invented by the Lizard people in a joint venture with the Grey aliens.

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          Not sure what you on about, i was just having a laugh. I picked a dodgy looking site on purpose so people wouldn’t get confused.

          My statement that ruins are impossible to measure accurately was a dig at the expense of such theories. As they seem to pull out decimal numbers based on a layer of stones that aren’t even there anymore.

          For the record i do believe that there are real historical cases of mathematical knowledge hidden in works of art, which is what i meant with you can believe what you want. The nutcase theories do not present any substance that should make anyone believe anything other then they already did. Its just fun to deepdive.

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            If you intended sarcasm in your comment it missed the mark, it’s really difficult to discern with people who actually believe that garbage.

            Did people use, or even occasionally stumble upon, seemingly “complex” mathematics? Sure.

            Letting anyone make unverified claims about the origins or meaning, or even the methods is dangerous and shows a lack of critical thinking.

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          Its pi’s leas famous cousin is how i understand it.

          It uses φ or ϕ as a symbol, you may know it as the golden ratio or as the fibonacci sequence

          Its found as a standard all over nature, so the mysticism basically writes itself.